Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-24
INTERESTING
Paragraphs of News Pertaining
to Colored People in All
Parts of the u. s.
Carefully Compiled.

Lieut.. Howard L. Smith, of Boston.
Mass, is dead.
The Baptist Watchtower has sus-
pended publication.
The Richmond Planet entered upon
its fifth year last Saturday.
There is a movement Of foot i'll Proyi-
dencesto form protective league.
The Colored citizens of Waverly, N.
Y. are about to organize a Protective
League.
The Huntsville Gazette celebrated the
ninth anniversary of its birthday by
issuing double sheet.
Hendersons Brandon, Colored, OF
Huntsville, Ala, owns brickyard and
is building contractor.
Hon. Charles II. J. Taylor, minister
of the United States to Liberia, has
rendered his resignation.
There will be "a national convention
Of the Colored X. NJ. G. A., held in
Lot isville, KY, June 9TH, 1883.
The present congress has no Colored
man in it. Eight millions Of people
with no representative among the law
makers Of the Land.
Miss Sarah Warner, white, daughter
of well-to-do farmer near Lexington.
N. n, has been committed to Jail for
the murder of her newly born Colored
child.
Mr.. Frank 3. Winslow, Colored, was
recently elected to the common council
of Boston, Mass. His election was ac-
compllshed by the united action of the
protective league.
Fran K Hicks, Golored. residing near.
Mckinney, Texas, is III years of age.
He has been married several times aud
his descendants are said to number
nearly thousand.
Hon. James Hill, Colored. of Mississ-
ippi, land agent for the Louisville, New
Orleans & Texas railroad, has lately
sold $4,000 acres of land to Colored
men iii small tracts.
Mr.. Cornelius King, of Little Rock,
Ark, and Miss Victoria Turner, of At
lanta, Ga. daugiter of Bishop Ii. M.
Turner, were united i'll marriage
Wednesday Dec. IA.
Miss Flora BatsoD, the Colered prima
donna and Mr.. John q. Bergen, her
white manager were quietly married at
the Sumner House in New York last
week by Rev. K. u. Wynn.
Lawyer Hewlett, of Washington, was
refused accommodations on account of
color, at G. NJ. Haryey's restaurant
few days ago. He brought suit in the
police court and Harvey was fined 800.
Mr.. r. B. Bagby, Of Indianapolis,
who was dismissed from the Third
Auditors office, Washington, D. c., =
short time ago, has been reinsts.ted and
transferred to the Sixth Auditors office.
It is reported that A. G. Bailey, a
Colored man, in Harnett county, N. c.,
has originated an important variety OF
cotton balls, which are twice as thick as
the ordinary staple and superior to it in
fibre. He has refused SIS bushel for
the seed.
A child was born in Chatahoochee,
Fla, recently that was black on one
side and white on the other, perfect
line was drawn from its head down,
The black part Of it's face had cauca-
sion features, while The white portion
had Negro ones.
Thomas White, who shot and killed
Harry Woo,ison, the Colored pugilist
known as The Black Diamond" had
his trial iii Chicago last week and was
found guilty of lnanslaughter. His
punishment was fixed at five years in
the penitentiary.
Alta recent examination of teachers
in Monroe county, N. N, the record
was as follows, there being % whites
and 30 colored ones:3 white and 6 col
ored made LIST grade. 12white and seven
Colored made Up grade: 5 white and 10
colored made Sd grade.
William Morton, Colored, of Louis
vile, KY, sold his horse and wagon
and also his house and lot, his only
property, and bet the whole amount on
the Republican candidate for mayor,
The Democrats won, and Morton cut
his throat from ear to ear.
While dance was In progress in q
hall in Minneola, Texas, last Sunday
night, wind storm arose and collapsed
the building, killing Thomas Hardeman,
Jack Wilson. Reuben Garrett, Fannie
Benson and Rose Benson, all colored
about twenty others were injured.
The r. B. Elliott Republican club OF
Cincinnati elected the following person.
to represent it in the National Repnb
lican Club League that meets in New
York City in December: DR.. A. j. De
Hart, Tom. w. Johnson, q. III. Wilson
Capt. Ford stith and Thomas A. Trip
eltt.
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